Best rich text plugins for WordPress
The most popular rich text plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Visual Term Description Editor leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Widget Content Blocks (10K+) and WP Editor Widget (9K+). All 16 plugins tagged “rich text” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 rich text plugins
- 1.
Visual Term Description EditorThe most installed rich text plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 21 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.
Widget Content Blocks10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 60 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
WP Editor Widget9K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 4.
Advanced Rich Text Tools for Gutenberg3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 20 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 5.
RichText Extension900+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 days ago.
- 6.
Simple HTML Rich Text for Block Editor200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 7.
WYSIWYG Comments with Trix Editor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
BP-TinyMCE10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago.
- 9.
ILC Rich Title10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.
- 10.
JuZ Rich Text Extender10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 16 plugins tagged “rich text”
Visual Term Description Editor
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,516by Shea Bunge2 years ago
Replaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Widget Content Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,022by Danny van Kooten2 months ago
Edit widget content using the default WordPress visual editor and media uploading functionality. Create widgets like you would create posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(60)
- Downloads
- 43/day
WP Editor Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,288by feedmeastraycat6 years ago
WP Editor Widget adds a rich text widget where the content is edited using the standard WordPress visual editor.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Advanced Rich Text Tools for Gutenberg
#3,732by Ella Van Durpe7 years ago
Additional tools for rich text fields in Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(20)
- Downloads
- 6/day
RichText Extension
Up in the last 7 days:22#7,042by Aki Hamano5 days ago
Adds useful decoration features to the Gutenberg RichText editor toolbar.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple HTML Rich Text for Block Editor
#12,750by laurencebahiirwa3 years ago
Add Semantic HTML Markup to texts such as Cite, Small, Marked, Inserted and Deleted in the Block Editor.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WYSIWYG Comments with Trix Editor
Up in the last 7 days:46#30,513by jwz2 months ago
This replaces the WordPress comment submission form with a WYSIWYG rich-text editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP-TinyMCE
#33,255by Boone Gorges15 years ago
Replaces textareas throughout BuddyPress with the TinyMCE rich text box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ILC Rich Title
Down in the last 7 days:965#40,740by Elio Rivero17 years ago
Enables TinyMCE for the title when writing a post or page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JuZ Rich Text Extender
Up in the last 7 days:541#42,971by Ju'Z[ed]19 days ago
Extends the Gutenberg block editor toolbar with custom inline format buttons, with smart nesting validation based on HTML spec rules.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rich Text Extension
Down in the last 7 days:4,455#45,546by Toro_Unit (Hiroshi Urabe)5 years ago
Rich Text Extension
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mosne Button Icons
Up in the last 7 days:3,866#51,925by Mosne / Paolo Tesei1 month ago
Insert WordPress icons inline in Rich Text, the same way as inline images.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EstudoBiblico Quick Format Toolbar
#65,959by Claudio Crispim10 days ago
The block editor, with the classic editor's formatting speed: underline, strikethrough, colors, superscript and more, one click away.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HPcode Responsive BR
Down in the last 7 days:16,979#68,045by はにわまん1 month ago
Show or hide a single line break per screen size, using the same breakpoints as the block editor's responsive states.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MILESKI Editor
#73,275by MILESKI2 months ago
A premium rich-text editor for WordPress posts and pages. MILESKI Editor is developed and maintained by Mileski. Visit https://mileskieditor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
C-Metric
#73,347by C-Metric2 years ago
The C-Metric Gutenberg Block plugin lets you add dynamic rich text blocks under "C-METRIC" for flexible and powerful content management on your site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day